Aycliffe Store

Hello Crafters! We hope you have had a lovely week filled with crafts! We first wanted to say a big thank you too everyone who attended our coffee afternoon for the Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group! This week we wanted to let you know about our upcoming Mothers Day Make and Take day and also give you some dates for your dairy!
This Saturday we organised a Mothers Day Make and Take. So why don't you pop along and visit us in store? We've got crafty projects lined up for both adults and children, where you can create a...

Hello Crafters! We hope you have a another craft filled week and what a amazing week it has been with some fantastic new releases! Did any of you treat yourselves to any of our new products? This week in store we have been getting so excited for Easter ! We have some great craft items for Easter.
Have you seen the brand new Easter Groovi plates and Pergamano Multi Grids from Claritystamp? These projects can be created with the plates and grids and we think they are fabulous! We've got the new plates and multi grids available in store now...

Hello Crafters! We hope you have had another craft filled week! In this weeks blog post we have information about our coffee afternoon for the great Aycliffe cancer support group. As well as a sneak peek at some of our fantastic new products.
New Products in store & coming soon!
Our new 'Sew Inspired' magazine is available in store, packed full of inspiration and demo's! We also some fantastic offers and discounts , so even if your new to sewing or have been sewing for years don't miss out! Pop into store and pick your copy up now!
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Hello Crafters! We hope you have had another craft filled week. In this week's blog post we have some sneak peek's of some new products and also some fabulous Mother's Day Inspiration gift and card ideas. We also had some little crafters in store creating some lovely painted aprons for their loved ones for Mother's day.
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What talented little crafters!
Don't forget about our competition for our little crafters!
Bring your child in store from February 17th and collect one of paper flowers and get your little one to decorate their flower. Our...

Hello Crafters, We hope your week as been filled with crafts! In this week's blog post we have a march classes sneak peek, a update on our new products in store and a run down on what we have planned for this weekend.
If you haven't already , go and like our Crafter's Companion Aycliffe store page on Facebook. This week on our Facebook page we posted a March classes sneak peek!
March classes sneak peek! These crafty items would make a lovely Mother's Day present!
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New Products In Store
This week we have also...

Hello Crafters! We hope you have had another craft filled week, we certainly have! This week was filled with cupcakes and classes and as always craft's! Don't forget with half term fast approaching , we have some kids craft's classes available. These classes are great if your stuck for something for your little crafter to do!
Cupcakes Bouquet Class
This week we had the pleasure of hosting another cupcake bouquet class!
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We think these bouquets would make a lovely Mother's day present! What makes these bouquets special is that each bouquet is totally unique.
This...

Hello Crafter's! We hope you have had another craft filled week! This week we have some Valentine's card and gift ideas to give you some inspiration for your loved one! Don't forget you can drop into the store this Sunday from 10am and use our goodies to create a card for your love - just £2 per card - no booking required!
Valentine's Card Ideas
Here we have a quick and easy card idea using the free dies and embossing folders included in the Gemini! Our team here at the Aycliffe store created these cards, we love how using...

Hello crafter's! We hope you have had another craft filled week and are ready for some crafty inspiration! This week we have a run down of John Lockwood's demonstration day and our Mother's day competition we will be running for our little crafter's!
This weekend the amazing John Lockwood came into our store for a fantastic demonstration day and what a day it was! John created some amazing cards using Creative expressions dies,templates and products. We fell in love with John's gumball machine cards, we think these cards are really unique and creative!
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If you missed...

Hello crafter's! We hope you have had another craft filled week, what items have you created this week? We some exciting news this week, today our Valentines picks has launched and our craft celebrities such as Sara, Leann and Sheena have each chosen products from the range they love the most and we have given our customers some fantastic discounts on these products!
The Valentines Picks
Sara- 25% off Birthday Party
Leann- 25% off Colorista
Sheena- 50% off Homelife
Leonie-50% off Entwined
Debbie S-10% off Makower and Dashwood linea papillon altitude
Debbie F-30% off 2016...

Hello crafter's! Another eventful week here at Crafter's Companion Aycliffe and another craft filled week ahead of us! This week as well as our fabulous classes we also have the talented John Lockwood from Creative Expression in store demonstrating ( February 4th). We have three time slots for the demos - at 10am, 12pm and 2pm , you can book your FREE place here.
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This weekend we were sewing crazy , not only did we have some fantastic deals on our sewing items we also had the lovely Sharon Wotton demonstrating dies and...

Hello crafters! Can you believe that January is nearly over ? Have you all stuck to your new years resolutions? We're feeling the love going into February at the Aycliffe Store. Have you seen our new classes for February? We have some amazing classes available to create a lovely handmade gift for your loved one. There is a class for everyone so don't delay book you place now.
Classes in review
This week was once again filled with classes and fun. We started the week with Bernie Corner's 'create a car tidy' sewing class, this class was lots of fun and...

Hello Crafters! We have had a fantastic week of demos and classes in store, full of great crafts! Our demo days are great for gaining inspiration and also meeting fellow crafters. If you would like to attend any demos or classes be sure to check out our booking page. There are classes for all levels of crafters. But hurry places go fast!
Demos and Classes last week
We had the lovely Jennie Rayment in store demonstrating some amazing hand-sewing techniques.
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Our crafters made such amazing items with Jennie. We can't wait to see what the panels...

A very happy new year crafters! Well its a new year and that means new crafts ! We hope you enjoyed the festive period with your families. Have you made any new years resolutions? Our resolution this year is to craft even more than last year!
New crafts and classes
This year we have some fantastic classes in store for you this January! Everything from card making, paper crafting, mixed media , sewing and our new up-cycling classes. We started this year off with crafting with catitudes with Julia Gailes. This was followed by kids craft group which created some...

Hello crafters! We hope you have had a fantastic week filled with crafts! In this weeks blog post we have a sneak peak into our classes in February. We also a discount of 13% off for our customers for Friday 13th!
Here at Aycliffe store we have had some fantastic classes running this week, we held our first up-cycling class with Helen Johnson. Helen's class was great fun and all our crafters made amazing items! This class is great for getting home deco inspiration and giving old furniture a new look. We are hoping to hold another one of...